SS8H3 Review

Which of the following was NOT a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?

• Button Gwinnett

• Lyman Hall

• George Walton

• James Oglethorpe

Who was the King of Great Britain during the American Revolution?

• King Louis V

• King George II

• King Louis III

• King George III

• Passed by Parliament in 1765
• Taxed virtually all printed paper products in the colonies
• Georgia was the only colony to enforce the act

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Paper Act

• Quartering Act

• Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776
• Document officially created the United States
• Famous signers include John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

Due to debt accumulated during the French and Indian War, King George III prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. What was this action called?

• Stamp Act

• Charter of 1732

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaration of Independence

“I believe in this battle for independence, and am willing to fight for it!”

• Patriot statement

• Loyalist statement

How did the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) contribute to the American Revolution?

• France wanted revenge after losing the war and negotiated with the colonies to fight Great Britain.

• The Iroquois Confederacy fought on the side of Great Britain during the French and Indian War, and Great Britain owed them vast swaths of land, which made the colonists mad.

• Great Britain went into debt because of the war and implemented policies, including taxes and the Proclamation of 1763, in order to help pay off that debt.

• Great Britain was unhappy with the colonies' performance in the war and punished them with taxes.

Georgians reacted in a much milder manner than other colonies in response to the Proclamation of 1763 and the Stamp Act. Which of the following BEST explains why Georgia was not as rebellious as other colonies in the decade leading to the American Revolution?

• Georgia was not its own colony at the time of the Proclamation of 1763 and Stamp Act.

• Georgia was a colony of Spain at this time.

• Georgia was named after King George II, King George III's uncle, so they felt that they couldn't fight because it wouldn't be fair to King George III and that it would tarnish his father's great name.

• Georgia was the weakest colony and relied heavily on Great Britain to survive.

• "For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:"
• "For protecting them (troops), by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States."
• "For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:"

The statements above would be found in which section of the Declaration of Independence?

• Preamble

• Grievances

• Declaration

• Amendments

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the American Revolution?

• French and Indian War

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Charter of 1732